diff --git a/gck-rpc-dispatch.c b/gck-rpc-dispatch.c
index 6d36115f502ef08533726351ca54b81b71876532..2ae87b7c12cc96a815ab826fa6a6287a4e96f92e 100644
--- a/gck-rpc-dispatch.c
+++ b/gck-rpc-dispatch.c
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ void gck_rpc_layer_accept(void)
 
 	error = pthread_create(&ds->thread, NULL,
 			       run_dispatch_thread, &(ds->socket));
-	if (!error) {
+	if (error) {
 		gck_rpc_warn("couldn't start thread: %s", strerror(errno));
 		close(new_fd);
 		free(ds);